The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 2367

MARINE POLLUTION

MERCHANT SHIPPING

SAFETY

The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997

Made

24th September 1997

Laid before Parliament

8th October 1997

Coming into force

1st November 1997

Where the Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them;

And whereas, in so far as the following Regulations are made in the exercise of powers conferred by section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3), the Secretary of State has in pursuance of subsection (4) of section 86 of that Act consulted persons he considers will be affected as mentioned in that subsection;

And whereas in so far as the following Regulations are made in exercise of powers conferred by section 15(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(4), after consulting with the Health and Safety Commission in accordance with subsection (1) of section 50 of that Act, it appeared to the Secretary of State that it was not appropriate to consult with any other body for the purposes of that subsection;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by:

(a)

article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1990(5);

(b)

section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972;

(c)

sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (5) to (7), and 86(1), of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; and

(d)

section 15(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974,

and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

S.I. 1993/595.

(2)

1972 c. 68.

(3)

1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8, and are applied to hovercraft by the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350).

(4)

1974 c. 37; sections 15 and 50 were amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c. 71) Schedule 15, paragraphs 6 and 16 respectively.

(5)

S.I. 1990/2595.